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LOT 3051
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, holding branch and raising robe; PTR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 465 (R4). Very Fine. Rare.(2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Aelia Flaccilla AE 12mm. AD 378-383. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing Chi-Rho on shield set on stand; SMHA in exergue. RIC 17. 1.14gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 326-328. Thessalonica mint. 1sf officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena to right / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC VII 159. 3.09gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
